LISLE, Ill. – City Pizza of Holyoke, Mass., is known for its delicious bottom-toasted screen pizza and quick service. Even its logo features a chef hustling to tend to one of its customers. But today at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, City Pizza reached a whole new level of speed. Ahmet Canseven of City Pizza won the John Morrell Food Group Food Service's "Delicious at Any Speed" contest. As the winner, his company's logo is featured on the No. 43 Richard Petty Motorsports Ford and will accompany driver Aric Almirola around the legendary speedway.
The "Delicious at Any Speed" contest rewarded John Morrell Food Service restaurant operators that enrolled in its rebate program for pizza and flatbread toppings from January through April. Once enrolled, the operators became eligible to win a grand prize trip to Indianapolis. Canseven's name was selected, which granted him a personal meet-and-greet session with Richard Petty, team owner of the number 43 Sprint Cup Series team, and a guided tour of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series garage. Additionally, he also had his restaurant's logo showcased on the hood of the No. 43 Ford.
"It's always a pleasure to reward our small business operators," said Beth Sharkey, marketing manager, John Morrell Food Service. "Companies like City Pizza are the heart and soul of our industry and it's great to see them recognized. We hope this opportunity gives his business additional exposure and recognition. Of course we hope that Ahmet had a great time meeting Richard Petty and touring the NASCAR garage, too."
Canseven serves as the executive chef of City Pizza. City Pizza's menu features bottom-toasted screen pizza topped with quality fresh mozzarella and a wide variety of toppings, traditional dinners, appetizers, wraps, calzones, burgers, grinders, sandwiches and more.
John Morrell Food Group Foodservice is a part of the John Morrell Food Group, a subsidiary of Smithfield Foods, Inc. For more information about John Morrell Food Group Foodservice please visit www.johnmorrellfoodgroup/foodservice.com.
About John Morrell Food Group
With over a century and a half of experience, John Morrell Food Group brands have become respected and well known for providing premium-quality meat products to families across the United States. With products ranging from lunchmeat and franks to smoked sausage, bacon and pepperoni, the John Morrell Food Group is an important part of consumers' mealtimes. The John Morrell Food Group offers several national and regional brands including Armour®, Eckrich®, John Morrell®, Curly's®, Patrick Cudahy®, Carando®, Healthy Ones®, Margherita® Kretschmar® and LunchMakers®.
About Smithfield Foods
Smithfield Foods is a $14 billion global food company and the world's largest pork processor and hog producer. In the United States, the company is also the leader in numerous packaged meats categories with popular brands including Smithfield®, Eckrich®, Farmland®, Armour®, Cook's®, Gwaltney®, John Morrell®, Kretschmar®, Curly's®, Carando®, Margherita®, and Healthy Ones®. Smithfield Foods is committed to providing good food in a responsible way and maintains robust animal care, community involvement, employee safety, environmental, and food safety and quality programs. For more information, visit www.smithfieldfoods.com and www.smithfieldcommitments.com.
Source: John Morrell Food Group
